Come to the April 12, 2016 Mississauga Accessibility Public Forum

and Barrier-Free BC Holds Its Major Kick-Off Event in British Columbia on April 6, 2016

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance Update United for a Barrier-Free Ontario for All People with Disabilities http://www.aodaalliance.org aodafeedback@gmail.com Twitter: @aodaalliance

March 30, 2016

SUMMARY

1. Come to the April 12, 2016 Mississauga Accessibility Public Forum to Help Our Grassroots Effort to Kick-Start Sluggish Ontario Government Action on Accessibility

On Tuesday, April 12, 2016, from 7 to 9 pm, a public forum on accessibility for people with disabilities will be held in Mississauga at the Mississauga Senior’s Centre at 1389 Cawthra Rd. We will share ideas on how you can make a difference in our campaign for accessibility for people with disabilities in Ontario and across Canada.

Please join us. Encourage friends and family to come. Help spread the word about this important event to anyone you know in the Mississauga area.

You will learn how you can help our non-partisan blitz to get the Ontario Government to ramp up its sluggish implementation and enforcement of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. You can also learn how to take part in the non-partisan campaign for the Canadians with Disabilities Act, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to enact. Below we set out the full announcement for this event. You can also post a link to the announcement of the April 12, 2016 Mississauga Accessibility Public Forum, on your web page, or on Twitter or Facebook, by publicizing this link: http://alliance.sciontario.org/mississauga-accessibility-forum-2016-04-16

We very much appreciate the hard work of CNIB, Spinal Cord Injury Ontario, March of Dimes Canada, and the Canadian Hearing Society, who are sponsoring and organizing this event.

This is just one more great grassroots accessibility community event so far this year. These events help so much in our effort to get all members of the Ontario Legislature to help us rekindle bold action on accessibility. Successful public accessibility forums have already been held this year in Kingston, Windsor and twice in Toronto.

Why not organize an accessibility public forum in your community? We’d love to help. Just contact us at aodafeedback@gmail.com

Want great tips on how to get your local MPP to support our call for strengthened action on accessibility Ontario? Check out our new “Picture Our Barriers” Action Kit, and all the other supporting materials that are just a click away, at www.aodaalliance.org/2016

While you are at it, please give Barrier-Free Canada feedback on what you would like the Federal Government to include in the Canadians with Disabilities Act Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to enact. The AODA Alliance is the Ontario affiliate of Barrier-Free Canada.

Barrier-Free BC is a wonderful new community coalition that is pressing the B.C. Government to agree to create and pass a strong and effective British Columbians with Disabilities Act. Barrier-Free BC is the B.C. affiliate of Barrier-Free Canada.

We have followed with keen enthusiasm the work of Barrier-Free BC since it was formed last fall. On April 6, 2016, Barrier-Free BC is holding a major media kick-off event at the B.C. Legislature. We wish them the best of luck, and know they are poised to do great things in advancing the cause of strong accessibility legislation. For more on Barrier-Free BC’s activity, you can follow them on Twitter @BarrierFreeBC. Visit the Barrier-Free BC website at www.barrierfreebc.org

We encourage you to use the Government’s toll-free number for reporting AODA violations. We fought long and hard to get the Government to promise this, and later to deliver on that promise. If you encounter any accessibility problems at any large retail establishments, it will be especially important to report them to the Government via that toll-free number. Call 1-866-515-2025.

Please also join the campaign for a strong and effective Canadians with Disabilities Act, spearheaded by Barrier-Free Canada. The AODA Alliance is the Ontario affiliate of Barrier-Free Canada. Sign up for Barrier-Free Canada updates by emailing info@BarrierFreeCanada.org